2 arrested in August killing of 8-year-old in Gaffney

Thursday

A 16-year-old juvenile from Spartanburg accused of shooting and killing a little girl in Gaffney has been arrested and charged with murder.

Gaffney Police Chief Chris Skinner said a second arrest was made in the case Thursday morning as well.

Kamryn "Mya" Montara Lamya Bradley, 8, of Shelby, N.C., was playing with a cousin on a couch in a Gaffney apartment when gunfire sprayed into her home in August. A bullet struck the girl in the head and killed her.

Greyson Hughey, 18, of 415 Carlisle St., Gaffney, was arrested and charged Thursday with accessory after the fact of murder, Skinner said.

The juvenile, whose identity has not been released, is being held at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia.

Hughey is being held at the Cherokee County jail.

Skinner said the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshals helped apprehend the juvenile in Spartanburg at 10 a.m. Thursday. The juvenile was then taken the Gaffney Police Department and charged before transported to Columbia.

Detectives from the Gaffney Police Department arrested Hughey at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday as he was driving away from his home. He was taken to the Gaffney Police Department for questioning and then charged in the case.

Skinner said there could be more arrests.

"It's been a long time coming," he said. "It's been too long. I wish we could have done something earlier. I am glad they are both in jail right now. Like I say, there is possibly more arrests that will come. It's still under investigation at this time."

Skinner said he believed the juvenile should be tried as an adult. He declined to reveal a motive.

"I think everybody in Gaffney is going to be a lot easier now," Skinner said. "There is not a murderer now walking around the streets. He has been detained and is in Columbia as we speak."

The two suspects are acquaintances, the chief said.

Kara Wilson, Mya's mother, said the family was overwhelmed and had mixed emotions. Wilson said she hoped the juvenile would be tried as an adult.

"Thank you all so much for everything that you have done — The tireless hours that you committed to find the people who murdered my daughter," Wilson said.